Culture
Owen E current event
http://www.france24.com/en/20120104-french-senate-vote-armenian-genocide-law-month

Jenna's Current Event:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203513604577142114162468188.html

Alicia's Current Event
http://www.france24.com/en/20120103-france-paris-louvre-museum-world-most-visited-mona-lisa-british-museum

Alexis Vitali
ww..france24.com/en/20120104-france-societe-generale-slash-1580-jobs

The 1,580 Job Lost
You may think that problems in the USA with employment is bad, but France is suffering as well. And especially now with there being over 1500 jobs being lost in the departments of investments and banking. Supposivily approximately 700 jobs in France are going to be lost and over 800 jobs outside the country. However, there wasn't quite an agreement with the banks stating that it would lead to forcing volunteer departure plans and the union was in agreement with that. But that was the Generals expectations for this year, as a result of a poor market. The European market itself has been bad enough as of recent so should not be a surprise but to many like some unions and spokespeople, it is and instead of facing the fact they are living in denial, claiming that everything will be fine and it can't even impact the outsiders.


Sophia's Current Event:

http://www.france24.com/en/20111229-france-tightens-screws-immigration-election-looms-sarkozy-gueant-citizenship